Nouns denoting natural proesses
- reabsorption
- the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
- activation
- stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical
- vinification
- the process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine
- priority processing
- data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities
- epilation
- loss of hair; the result of removing hair
- lysogenization
- the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome
- autoregulation
- (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism
- tripling
- increase by a factor of three
- desorption
- changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state
- fusion
- a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
- radioactivity
- the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
- apposition
- (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
- rigidifying
- the process of becoming stiff or rigid
- ulceration
- the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated
- self-digestion
- lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process
- orogeny
- the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)
- geological process
- (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
- deepening
- a process of becoming deeper and more profound
- bed-wetting
- enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it)
- de-iodination
- the removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds
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